lace; lacing braid
Decorative openwork fabric or braid used for trimming; originally from Portuguese 'mogol'.
from Portuguese mogol
She trimmed the collar of the dress with white lace.
chenille yarn
A soft, fuzzy yarn used in crafts and textiles; often called シェニール糸 in modern Japanese, but モール is still used in some contexts.
This stuffed toy is knitted with chenille yarn.
tinsel
Shiny decorative strands, often used in Christmas decorations; モール can refer to tinsel garlands.
We wrapped gold tinsel around the Christmas tree.
pipe cleaner; fuzzy wire
A bendable wire with fuzzy fibers, used in crafts; in Japanese, モール is the common term for pipe cleaners.
The child made animal shapes out of pipe cleaners.
レース is the more common word for 'lace' in modern Japanese, especially for delicate fabrics. モール is older and often refers to heavier braid or trim.
シェニール is the direct loanword for 'chenille' and is more specific to the yarn type. モール can overlap but is less common in textile terminology.
Standard katakana spelling for this loanword; usually written in kana.
Ateji spelling, very rare and mainly of historical interest.
Ateji spelling, very rare and mainly of historical interest.
Borrowed from Portuguese 'mogol', originally referring to a type of lace or braid. The word later extended to similar decorative materials like chenille, tinsel, and pipe cleaners in Japanese.